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Re: The Former Yankee Performance Thread v4.0

Originally Posted by OlgMvp

I know Jason Giambi is always going to be linked to the juice...but the guy still has an amazing eye...even last year, he still had a .372 OBP in limited action. Some guys just know how to get on base.

Re: The Former Yankee Performance Thread v4.0

Pavano, 37, said he jammed his midsection on a shovel handle and didn't realize he had lacerated his spleen until four days later. By the time he finally had surgery to remove the spleen, on Jan. 19, doctors first had to remove 6 1/2 liters of blood from his chest cavity.

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By Saturday night, Pavano's blood count had dropped dangerously low, and one of his lungs collapsed, he said. Alissa called her doctor in Florida, seeking another opinion, and he urged them to find a trauma center. "He said I was on borrowed time," Pavano said. "So we went to Hartford Hospital. That's the No. 1 trauma center in the area."
Doctors there gave Pavano a blood transfusion and performed splenic embolization, blocking the blood supply to his spleen.

"I was hours away from going into cardiac arrest and probably wouldn't even be here," Pavano said.

Re: The Former Yankee Performance Thread v4.0

Before he became a rock-star drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chad Smith was a Michigan kid with a hankering for banging on things around the house.

Retired New York Yankees slugger Bernie Williams was a boy in Puerto Rico, mesmerized by his father’s guitar.

Both of them went to public schools that nurtured their passion for music. And now both of them are in Washington, headed to Capitol Hill this week to lobby for music education for kids across the country.

I'm only linking this as a Bernie sighting because seeing Bernie in his second career always puts a smile on my face. I realize it's in a political context but a political discussion is not my intent here.

Re: The Former Yankee Performance Thread v4.0

During Hideki Matsui's career in Japan, he was honored quite often: three times the Central League's Most Valuable Player, and nine times an All-Star. Now, he's about to add another honor to his trophy case, this one the highest any Japanese celebrity can receive.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, announced Monday that Matsui and one of his idols, former Yomiuri Giants slugger Shigeo Nagashima, are set to receive the People's Honor Award, a national distinction awarded to athletes, entertainers and other cultural figures. According to Japanese media, the honor is akin to receiving knighthood in Great Britain.

Also of interest in the same article:

Matsui is also expected to be honored at a retirement ceremony held by the Yomiuri Giants on May 5, a tribute to his uniform number both in Japan and in the United States. According to the Journal, speculation is that he will follow in Nagashima's footsteps and eventually become the skipper of the Giants himself.

Re: The Former Yankee Performance Thread v4.0

Rays senior adviser Don Zimmer, who's beginning his 65th season in pro baseball, was joined by his family for the ceremonial first pitch. The 82-year-old former Cubs and Red Sox manager is in his 10th season in the Tampa Bay organization. His son, Tom, a scout for the San Francisco Giants, delivered the pitch.

Re: The Former Yankee Performance Thread v4.0

Not quite a former Yankee, but a former farmhand..

Orioles minor league pitcher Daniel McCutchen has been suspended for 50 games by MLB after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug, tweets Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com and Baseball America. The test revealed two banned substances, Crasnick tweets: "Methenolone and a metabolite of Trenbolone."